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The late World War Two hero and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Teddy Sheean, has been recognised at Ballina’s Naval and Maritime Museum this morning. Sheean’s nephew was on-hand for the ceremony, which included the unveiling of a one-of-a-kind display. “As his ship was going down he continued fighting and that saved the lives of…

There are growing calls to extend Ballina’s COVID testing clinic at the Tamar Shopping Village to seven days a week. The clinic is open on week days only. It comes after lengthy delays were reported at Lismore Base Hospital over the weekend, with some patients waiting up to four hours to get swabbed. “If someone…

Two Ballina locals are being praised after vision emerged on social media of the pair saving a distressed wallaby. The marsupial came into trouble while swimming at the mouth of the Richmond River yesterday. Cooper Allen and Lenny Smith used a surfboard to rescue the animal, before releasing it at nearby scrubland. (VIDEO ONLY)

After decades of work and billions of dollars, the ribbon has been cut on the Pacific Highway upgrade between Hexham and the Queensland border. This morning, State and Federal politicians were on-hand for a community event at New Italy, which was one of the last sections of the highway to be completed between Woolgoolga and…

Police are working to determine what caused this head-on crash at West Ballina on Saturday. The Subaru driver, an 85-year-old man, remains in a serious condition at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Meanwhile, the driver and passenger of the Mazda are stable at Lismore Base Hospital. The Far North Coast Crash Investigations Unit is urging…

Soaring temperatures have enticed hundreds of boaties to waterways across the Far North Coast today. It’s perfect timing for New South Wales Maritime, as it launches a two-day compliance blitz.